Manhattan / Murray Hill
Murray Hill
Happy Hour
Four-dollar pints by Grand Central, all-day Jameson, $1.50 oysters, and a self-pour beer wall. The Lexington-3rd Ave corridor, sorted.
Most Murray Hill happy hours run 3-7pm - Peter Dillon's runs $4 shots and $6 pints all day, all week.
- 11 verified bars
- shots from $4
- oysters $1.50
- self-pour $25
The best happy hours in Murray Hill right now are The Shakespeare (hand-pulled cask ale, $2 off pints and $11 house wine, weekdays 11am-6pm), The Junction ($4 off featured cocktails and $6 select drafts, 11am-7pm), Peter Dillon's ($4 Jameson, Cuervo or Jager shots and $6 pints, all day, all week), Docks Oyster Bar ($1.50 oysters, daily 3-7pm), and Tara Rose ($9 cocktails, all night on Thursdays), and At The Office ($6 drafts and $8 well cocktails, 4-7pm every single day, weekends included). The Lexington-3rd Ave corridor between 33rd and Grand Central runs some of the longest happy hour windows in Manhattan - deals built for people who drink on a Tuesday, not a Friday. All eleven spots below are a short walk from Grand Central (4/5/6/7/S) or the 6 at 33rd.
The short version
- Best overallThe Shakespeare Featured - hand-pulled cask ale and a seven-hour weekday window, 11am-6pm.
- Best valueAt The Office - $6 drafts, $8 well cocktails and $9 wines, every day 4-7pm.
- Longest windowThe Junction - $4 off featured cocktails and $6 select drafts, 11am-7pm.
- Cheapest pourPeter Dillon's - $4 shots and $6 pints, all day, all week.
- Best food dealDocks Oyster Bar - $1.50 oysters at the bar, daily 3-7pm.
- Best cocktailsTara Rose - $9-11 cocktails Mon-Fri 4-7pm, specials all night Thursday.
- Best splurgeVintage Green - glass-atrium rooftop above Lexington; no deal, big views.
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The Shakespeare
24 E 39th St, under The William · English pub · cask ale on hand pump
The best happy hour in Murray Hill, and the one to pick if you are only making one stop. Seven hours of it, inside an actual English pub - 11am to 6pm, Monday through Friday, in a dark-wood room under The William hotel on 39th, three minutes from Grand Central. It opened in 2014 under Jason Hicks, an Englishman from Stratford-upon-Avon, and it isn't doing a bit: leather banquettes, low light, and a rotating cask ale pulled by hand pump the traditional way at $12. With The Ginger Man and Cask both gone, it's the only real ale left in the neighborhood - and the best room on this list to actually sit in. The Local Move: stack the $20 two-course lunch prix fixe (weekdays to 3pm) with a $7 happy-hour pint and you've done lunch and a drink near Grand Central for under $30.
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At a glance
Strongest standing deals first. Row numbers match the map pins below. Two former fixtures, The Ginger Man and Cask, closed for good - they're out.
| Bar | The deal | Days | Window | $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Shakespeare Featured | $2 off select pints, $11 house wines, $12 mini fish & chips | Mon-Fri | 11am-6pm | $$$ |
| Peter Dillon's | $4 shots (Jameson, Cuervo, Jager), $6 pints (Modelo, Yuengling, Miller Lite) | Daily | All day | $$$ |
| At The Office | $6 drafts, $8 well cocktails, $9 select wines | Daily | 4-7pm | $$$ |
| The Junction | $4 off featured cocktails, $6 select drafts, $8 select wine | Daily | 11am-7pm | $$$ |
| Slattery's Midtown Pub | $5 domestic, $6 import drafts, $6 cosmos & margaritas, free first shot | Mon-Fri | 3-7pm | $$$ |
| Mulligan's Pub | $7 wells & drafts, $5 Bud bottles, $8 green tea shots | Mon-Fri | 4-7pm | $$$ |
| Tara Rose | $9-11 cocktails, $7 drafts, $9 house wine (all night Thu) | Mon-Fri | 4-7pm | $$$ |
| Docks Oyster Bar | $1.50 oysters + drink specials, bar only | Daily | 3-7pm | $$$ |
| Tap Haus 33 | $25 all-you-can-drink self-pour beer (40 taps) | Mon-Thu | 5-8pm | $$$ |
| Park Avenue Tavern | No posted happy hour - go for the room | Daily | - | $$$ |
| Vintage Green Rooftop | No happy hour - rooftop cocktails at full price | Daily | from 4pm | $$$ |
Map: where these 11 spots are
Everything clusters between 33rd and 41st off Lexington and 3rd - Grand Central (4/5/6/7/S) or the 6 at 33rd covers all of it. Tara Rose is the southern outlier at 28th.
Pins are numbered to match the table above - tap any pin for the deal and directions.
The long-window deals
Happy hour that starts before lunch and doesn't quit. Drinking on a weekend? See our Saturday happy hour guide.
The Shakespeare On now
The Verdict: the best happy hour in Murray Hill, and the longest weekday window in the neighborhood that isn't a sports bar. The draft list behind the cask is deep for a pub this size: Guinness and Old Speckled Hen at $10, Allagash, Fiddlehead, Jack's Abby and Singlecut at $9, with $2 off Narragansett and Lagunitas Daytime taking a $9 pint to $7 for seven hours a day. For groups, the pub books seven named spaces: The Library holds 40 standing in mahogany panelling with a wall of books and an open fireplace, The Peacock Parlor takes 35 under painted peacocks, and the Abingdon Room downstairs holds 25 behind its own entrance. The Honest Caveat: the deal is weekdays only, Sunday it's closed entirely, and their own hours page lists doors at 11:30am even though the happy hour menu says 11am - so don't plan a hard 11am pint without calling first. Thursday and Friday nights the dining room is small enough to want a reservation.
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Peter Dillon's On now
The happy hour that never ends. $4 shots - Jameson, Cuervo or Jagermeister - and $6 pints (Modelo, Yuengling, Miller Lite), all day, all week, from open until the 4am close. There's no kitchen, and that's the charm - bring a slice in, order delivery to the bar, nobody blinks. What you get instead: a pool table, Irish bartenders who remember you on visit two, and the Newcastle United supporters club on match mornings. Karaoke runs Friday and Saturday nights. The Verdict: the cheapest honest pour between Grand Central and 34th, in a room that still behaves like a bar. Sundays it opens at noon. If 40th Street is packed, their second room on 36th runs the same pricing.
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The Junction On now
Eight hours of happy hour, 11am to 7pm - the longest window in the neighborhood. The list is $4 off featured cocktails, $6 select drafts (Junction Ale, Bud Light, Narragansett) and $8 select wine. Worth being straight about it: half the internet quotes a $4 pint here, and the menu does not back that up - the $4 is money off a cocktail, not the price of a beer. They publish the window but not the days, so confirm before you build a Sunday around it. The room is a proper local: leather booths, exposed brick, twelve screens, and bartenders who move fast when the 6 train dumps the after-work crowd at 39th and Lex. The kitchen holds its end up - wings, disco fries, an $11 burger. The Local Move: happy hour pricing applies at the tables too, so a group can actually sit down, and the screens make it the neighborhood's default for a Sunday NFL slate.
At The Office On now
The Verdict: the only happy hour on this list that runs all seven days, and the reason to know about it. Four to seven, every day - $6 drafts, $8 well cocktails, $9 select wines - and they open at noon on Saturday and Sunday, so the weekend window is real rather than theoretical. It opened in April 2026 in the old El Rio Grande space on the corner of 38th and Third: green leather booths, seven screens, a terrace shared with The Consulate next door. The Honest Caveat: the screens are mounted high, it gets loud when it fills, and they do not publish whether the pricing holds at the tables or only at the bar - call if you are bringing a group.
Irish pubs & the 4-7 crowd
The classic after-work windows, all within a dozen blocks. More proper pours in our Irish bars in NYC guide.
Slattery's Midtown Pub On now
The free shot with your first drink - all day, every day - tells you the house philosophy. Happy hour proper runs 3-7pm weekdays: $5 domestic drafts, $6 imports, and $6 cosmos, margaritas, and apple martinis. Two floors, a balcony over 36th Street, 25 screens, and the Notre Dame and Dolphins faithful once the season turns. The kitchen is better than it has any right to be - fish and chips, shepherd's pie, a weekend full Irish breakfast. The Verdict: Murray Hill's default Irish pub for two decades, and still the right call for a group of eight that didn't plan ahead. Wednesday trivia runs in seasons; upstairs is the quieter claim.
Mulligan's Pub On now
Thirty years on Madison and proudly unchanged - except the happy hour, which tightened up in 2026: it's Monday to Friday, 4-7pm now, not the old daily-till-7. The deal: $7 wells, $7 Shocktop, Bud Light, and Yuengling drafts, $5 Bud bottles, $8 green tea shots and select wines, $10 house cocktail. This is the official Liverpool FC supporters bar - matches live with full sound, and the room fills early for a 7:30am kickoff - and the Guinness alone justifies the walk. Honest Caveat: checks split two ways max, and 20% service lands on parties of six or more. The Local Move: the $20 burger-and-beer special runs weekdays noon to 4pm if you're starting early.
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Tara Rose On now
The strongest cocktail program in the neighborhood, priced like it isn't. Happy hour runs Monday to Friday, 4-7pm: $9 Aperol Spritz, $9 Kick Ass Mule, $10 Paloma, $7 select drafts, $9 house wine - and on Thursdays the specials run all night. It's a modern Irish bar, copper and low light, Irish whiskey doing the heavy lifting on the list, with an Irish Spice Bag (curry fries, peppers, onions) that settles arguments. Honest Caveat: it sits at 28th and 3rd, a ten-minute walk south of the 36th-40th core - close enough, and worth it. Book Thursday on Resy; the all-night window stopped being a secret a while ago.
Oysters & self-pour
One deal each, both worth planning around. More bivalves in our oyster happy hour guide.
Docks Oyster Bar On now
$1.50 oysters, every single day, 3-7pm at the bar. Docks has been shucking on 3rd Avenue for four decades, and happy hour is the correct way in: a fresh summer 2026 menu, drink specials alongside, and that deco room - high ceilings, long bar, old New York bones - doing the atmosphere for free. The Verdict: the best food deal in Murray Hill, no contest, and the only serious raw bar in the neighborhood. The Local Move: arrive at 3:30 before the Grand Central crowd lands at 5:30, sit at the bar (the deal is bar-only), and order by the dozen, not the half. Stay for the grilled fish if the oysters turn out to be an opening act.
Tap Haus 33 On now
$25, three hours, forty taps, pour it yourself. Monday through Thursday, 5-8pm, Tap Haus runs the strangest and best-value beer deal in the neighborhood: all-you-can-drink from the self-pour wall - lagers, IPAs, sours, stouts, ciders, seltzers - normally billed by the ounce. It sounds like a gimmick until you're three quarter-pours deep into a side-by-side nobody asked for. Thirteen TVs and three projectors make it a legitimate sports bar (it took over the old Rattle N Hum space on 33rd), and the burgers and wings are better than they need to be. Honest Caveat: outside the window you pay by the ounce, which adds up faster than you think - and confirm the Sunday football edition before counting on it.
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No deal, but worth the tab
No discounted window - you're paying for the room. More like these in our best cocktail bars in NYC guide.
Park Avenue Tavern
No happy hour card as of August 2026 - and it stays on this list anyway. Park Avenue Tavern is the after-work room this stretch of Park deserves: a center island bar under big windows, IGC Hospitality polish (same group as Refinery Rooftop and Parker & Quinn), and self-pour beer booths if your group wants its own tap. Skip It if you're chasing a cheap pour - that's what Peter Dillon's is for. Worth It when the client is in town, the burger matters, and somebody else is expensing the round. The bar fills with the Grand Central crowd from 5pm; book on OpenTable if you're arriving past 6 on a Thursday.
Vintage Green Rooftop
The neighborhood's one true rooftop: 11,000 square feet on the 16th floor of the Shelburne Sonesta, with a retractable glass atrium that keeps it running in January and 360° looks at the Empire State, the Chrysler, and the river. No discounted happy hour - cocktails, wine, and small plates (pastrami-spiced wings, chicken katsu sliders) at full price. The Verdict: not a deal, a destination. Now open seven days - from 4pm weekdays, 11am weekends, bar till midnight midweek and 2am Friday and Saturday. The Local Move: show up 90 minutes before sunset, claim the west rail, and let the skyline do the work. Reserve ahead for groups; walk-ins get the early slots.
Murray Hill happy hour: FAQ
What's the best happy hour in Murray Hill?
The Shakespeare, at 24 E 39th St under The William hotel, a Featured partner of Happy Hour NYC. It runs the longest weekday window in the neighborhood - Monday to Friday, 11am to 6pm - with $2 off select pints, $11 house wines and a rotating cask ale pulled by hand pump at $12, in the best room on this list to actually sit in. For pure value, Peter Dillon's runs $4 shots and $6 pints all day, all week, and At The Office does $6 drafts and $8 well cocktails from 4 to 7pm every day of the week.
What time does happy hour start in Murray Hill?
Most Murray Hill happy hours run 3pm or 4pm to 7pm on weekdays. The early outliers: The Junction starts at 11am, though it publishes the window without the days, The Shakespeare runs 11am to 6pm Monday through Friday (its own hours page lists doors at 11:30am, so call if you want the first pint), and Peter Dillon's runs happy hour all day, every day. Docks Oyster Bar starts daily at 3pm.
What's the cheapest happy hour in Murray Hill?
Peter Dillon's ($4 shots, $6 pints, all day, all week) is the cheapest standing deal in Murray Hill, with At The Office ($6 drafts, $8 well cocktails, daily 4-7pm) next. If you're settling in for the evening, Tap Haus 33's $25 all-you-can-drink self-pour window (Mon-Thu 5-8pm) beats both on volume.
Is there an oyster happy hour in Murray Hill?
Yes. Docks Oyster Bar at 633 3rd Ave runs $1.50 oysters plus drink specials at the bar, daily 3-7pm. It has been the neighborhood's raw-bar move for four decades - sit at the bar, since the deal doesn't apply at tables.
Where can I get cask ale in Murray Hill?
The Shakespeare, at 24 E 39th St under The William hotel, keeps a rotating cask selection pulled by hand pump at $12 a pint - with The Ginger Man and Cask both closed, it's the last real ale in the neighborhood. Ask what's on; the line changes. Its happy hour runs Mon-Fri 11am-6pm and it's closed Sundays.
Are The Ginger Man and Cask Bar & Kitchen still open?
No. The Ginger Man on E 36th and Cask Bar & Kitchen on E 33rd have both closed permanently. For a deep tap list, Tap Haus 33's 40 self-pour lines are the closest thing left in the neighborhood, and The Shakespeare pours hand-pulled cask ale if that was your Cask order.
What's the best rooftop bar in Murray Hill?
Vintage Green, on the 16th floor of the Shelburne Sonesta at 303 Lexington Ave. A retractable glass atrium keeps it open year-round, with Empire State and Chrysler views. There's no discounted happy hour - go for sunset, not the price.
What is included in a Murray Hill happy hour?
Mostly beer, well drinks and house wine, from $4 to $9 depending on where you stand. Peter Dillon's is the floor at $4 shots and $6 pints, all day, all week. At The Office runs $6 drafts, $8 well cocktails and $9 select wines from 4 to 7pm. The Shakespeare adds $11 house wines and $2 off pints on weekdays. Food deals are rarer - Docks Oyster Bar's $1.50 oysters at the bar are the one worth planning around.
Which Murray Hill bars do happy hour on the weekend?
Almost none, which is what makes At The Office worth knowing about: its 4 to 7pm window runs all seven days, Saturday and Sunday included, and it opens at noon on both. Peter Dillon's runs $4 shots and $6 pints all day, all week. Docks Oyster Bar does $1.50 oysters 3 to 7pm daily. Most of the rest of the neighborhood clocks off on Friday.
Is The Gem Saloon in Murray Hill?
Not really. The Gem Saloon sits at 375 Third Ave at 27th Street, which is Rose Hill by most readings and Kips Bay by the rest - a solid fifteen-minute walk south of Murray Hill proper. It is worth the walk for a 4 to 8pm weekday window, one of the longest around. Street Taco, at Third and 26th, is in the same boat. The working boundary for Murray Hill: roughly 34th to 40th Street, Third Avenue across to Madison.
Last updated: August 2026. Deals and hours change - confirm with the venue before you go. Spot something out of date? Let us know.
